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From NPR 05 February 2021 Christopher Plummer, Star Of Stage, Screen, 'Sound Of Music,' Dies At 91 Jim Weatherly, Who Wrote 'Midnight Train To Georgia,' Dies At 77 Actor Hal Holbrook, Who Played Mark Twain Longer Than Twain Himself, Dies At 95 'Saved By The Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Dead At 44 Double K, People Under The Stairs Rapper And Producer, Dead At 43 Hilton Valentine, Founding Guitarist For The Animals, Dies At 77 Feb 05 21 02:16 pm Link George Schultz Leon Spinks Feb 07 21 01:55 pm Link Mary Wilson, who co-founded The Supremes and remained a member of the group until they split up, has died at the age of 76. The singer passed away at her home in Henderson, Nevada, her publicist Jay Schwartz announced, but he did not confirm the cause of death. The Supremes were known for hits such as Baby Love and You Can't Hurry Love. The group was founded in Detroit as The Primettes in 1959, when Wilson was 15 years old. ---- https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55993045 Feb 09 21 11:29 am Link the Dustin Diamond thing is sad. I have always been afraid of that dynamic. you wake up one day with pain and you go to the doctor and BOOM right on the spot you are told its cancer stage 4. Feb 09 21 05:20 pm Link Hunter GWPB wrote: Leon Spinks was my best friend's neighbor for the past 2 years rfordphotos wrote: One of the weirdest coincidences I've ever experienced involved Mary Wilson. Feb 09 21 06:30 pm Link Larry Flynt died today and I will be honest here and say I thought he was already dead. Feb 10 21 04:46 pm Link Motordrive Photography wrote: I thought so, too. Feb 11 21 05:27 pm Link TikTok Star Dazharia Shaffer Dead at 18 by suicide, according to her father. Feb 12 21 04:52 am Link Rush Limbaugh, dead at 70. Feb 17 21 09:46 am Link Tony From Syracuse wrote: Just happened to me. A long time friend called me and told me they just found he had stage 4 lung cancer. He was a former mob associate in NYC during the 70s and was a real 'stand up guy'. He wanted one last conversation with me, said it had been a good life, by the end of the call were were laughing about the hereafter and he promised if he could send me a sign from the afterlife he would. Feb 22 21 05:34 am Link G. Gordon Liddy dead at age 90. Richard Nixon described Liddy as “the most dangerous man in America”. Liddy was the architect of the Watergate break-in, although he was not present at the scene. His license plate was H20GATE. Liddy worked for the Nixon Whitehouse and specialized in illegal tactics against the Democrats. (He and Rodger Stone must have been bosom buddies.) Nixon loved Liddy’s idea of breaking into DNC headquarters to engage in political espionage, and so the plan was made operational. Liddy spent about 4 years in prison for his role in Watergate until his sentence was commuted by Carter. Liddy was an asshole and proud of it. In fact he made a successful career of being an asshole after being released from prison. In many ways G. Gordon Liddy was the original Republican Trumper. Mar 31 21 09:19 am Link Philip Mountbatten 1921-2021 Husband of Queen Elizabeth He and Elizabeth were cousins, two great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria. Royal Navy He was an active outdoorsman, hunter, equestrian, aviator and sailor, and he championed causes and institutions close to his heart, including a public service and fitness program for youth, global wildlife conservation, and various sporting organizations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ob … story.html Apr 09 21 05:55 am Link AP LOS ALTOS, Calif. (AP) — Charles “Chuck” Geschke — the co-founder of the major software company Adobe Inc. who helped develop Portable Document Format technology, or PDFs — died at age 81. Apr 18 21 09:33 am Link Jim Steinman, hit music writer that's probably best known to many for his Meatloaf "Bat out of Hell" albums, has died. To give you an idea of just how prolific he was, at one point he had the Billboard #1 AND #2 album spots at the SAME TIME. #1 for Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" album and Air Supply's "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" album. He earned a Grammy for some of his Celine Dion hits and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012. Meatloaf's "Bat out of Hell" sold over 14 million albums (14 times Platinum) just in the U.S. alone. He passed away at the age of 73. Apr 20 21 03:53 pm Link Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, dies at 90 On July 20, 1969, eight years after President John F. Kennedy pledged to land a man on the lunar surface and return him safely to Earth, astronaut Michael Collins sat alone in the command module Columbia. He was floating 60 miles above what he later called the “withered, sun-seared peach pit” of the moon. Apr 28 21 02:19 pm Link Johnny Crawford, 75, who played Mark McCain on "The Rifleman." Olympia Dukakis May 01 21 07:49 pm Link Ned Thomas Beatty (Deliverance) Frank Bonner (WKRP) Jun 18 21 02:55 pm Link Is there a thread for MM members who have⚰️ and have obits? Jun 18 21 04:56 pm Link FFantastique wrote: Why not here? Our members are important. Jun 18 21 05:04 pm Link Jun 20 21 08:00 pm Link John McAfee, a fairly colorful character that was probably best known for McAfee Anti-Virus Software, among other things, was found dead in his Spanish jail cell today. Hours earlier, he had been ordered extradited to the U.S., where "he potentially faced decades in prison" over tax charges. "The eccentric cryptocurrency promoter and tax opponent whose history of legal troubles spanned from Tennessee to Central America to the Caribbean was discovered at the Brians 2 penitentiary in northeastern Spain." Jun 23 21 04:28 pm Link LightDreams wrote: Rest In Peace Mr. McAfee. I hope you can finally escape the demons that drove you to your end. Jun 23 21 05:09 pm Link "Former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88" I think I'll also refer to him as a "colorful" character. Certainly a man who's actions were historically significant. P.S. Whatever I might have personally thought of his involvement in some historic decisions, I must point out that on 9/11, right after the Pentagon was hit by the passenger jet, he can be seen on one of the videos carrying wounded out of the impact zone on a stretcher. Jun 30 21 03:36 pm Link Rest in Peace Dusty- and thanks for soooo much good music. ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dead at 72 “We … will miss your steadfast presence, your good nature, and enduring commitment to providing that monumental bottom to the ‘Top.’ members Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard said. “You will be missed greatly, amigo." ---- https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content … amp;w=1200  ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who played with the Texas blues-rock trio for over 50 years, died Tuesday at age 72. His rep confirmed the musician’s death, but said a cause of death was currently unknown. “We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, Texas,” surviving members Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard said in a statement. “We, along with legions of ZZ Top fans around the world, will miss your steadfast presence, your good nature, and enduring commitment to providing that monumental bottom to the ‘Top’. We will forever be connected to that ‘Blues Shuffle in C.’ You will be missed greatly, amigo.” Jul 28 21 02:45 pm Link rfordphotos wrote: That one sure hits home. I can't quite wrap my head around the fact that ZZ Top can really be that old... Jul 28 21 07:57 pm Link Pat Hitchcock, only daughter of Alfred Hitchcock, died today at age 93. To this day I don’t trust birds. Aug 11 21 01:33 pm Link Markie Post, the actress best known from the 80's sitcom 'Night Court', passed away at age 70, on August 7th. Apparently she had been diagnosed with cancer 4 years earlier. Most of us remember her as Christine Sullivan from that series. I wasn't too familiar with her other work, but I do remember Night Court, of course, which was a pretty funny show, one of the more memorable sitcoms of the 1980s. Charles Robinson, her costar from Night Court, who played Mac Robinson (the lead court clerk, I believe), also passed away at age 75 from cancer, about a month ago, as well. I definitely remember him, too. Aug 11 21 03:38 pm Link Rest in Peace Joe- I had the pleasure of meeting Joe Galloway in the mid 90's at a dinner in DC honoring the veterans of the battle in the Ia Drang valley. It was obvious that the brotherhood he shared with those veterans was something he cherished. He was a war correspondent who was unlike many in Vietnam or any of the other wars he covered. ---------------------------------------------------- Joe Galloway, Decorated Vietnam War Correspondent, Dies at 79 He chronicled the first major battle of the war in “We Were Soldiers Once … and Young” and raised questions about the invasion of Iraq.  By Sam Roberts Aug. 19, 2021 ---- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/busi … Obituaries Joe Galloway, a war correspondent whose wrenching account of the first major battle of the Vietnam War was the basis for the book “We Were Soldiers Once … and Young,” which became a best seller and the basis of a hit movie, died on Wednesday in Concord, N.C. He was 79. His wife, Dr. Grace Liem, said the cause was complications of a heart attack. Mr. Galloway started in journalism at 17 and worked for 22 years as a war correspondent and bureau chief for United Press International. He was the only civilian awarded a medal of valor by the Army for combat action in the Vietnam War. [...] “He hates war, and he loves soldiers,”Lewis Lord, a former colleague at U.S. News, told the Military Writers and Editors Association when it honored Mr. Galloway in 2006 on his return to his home in Texas from his reporting base in Washington. [...] Aug 20 21 10:05 am Link Chuck Close, legendary and controversial artist who specialized in enormous, highly-detailed portraits, and whose legacy was tarnished by accusations of inappropriate behavior and sexual harassment, age 81. RIP. Aug 20 21 01:48 pm Link Don Everly of the Everly Bros, dead at 84. (Died today) His brother Phil died a few years ago. Their bluesy harmonies will always echo through my cavernous head. RIP. Aug 22 21 12:18 pm Link Legendary country singer song writer Tom T.Hall died Aug. 20th 2021. RIP. Tom. Aug 22 21 01:31 pm Link Rhea Monson wrote: Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine Aug 22 21 06:56 pm Link Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has passed away at 80. A truly exceptional drummer, in an extremely influential band. He like to say that the Rolling Stones was his "day job" that helped support his love of jazz. RIP Charlie, you will be sorely missed. Aug 24 21 11:06 am Link LightDreams wrote: what a bummer. Aug 24 21 11:41 am Link Who would have guessed that Keith Richards would outlive Charlie Watts Aug 24 21 11:49 am Link LightDreams wrote: Its not possible... he must be a vampire/alien in disguise as a human or something !!! Aug 24 21 12:28 pm Link Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote: well, Keith has looked a bit like the "undead" for a decade or two..... Aug 24 21 03:04 pm Link RIP Charlie. You will be missed. Now you are in R&R Heaven, reunited with Brian.  Aug 24 21 04:31 pm Link Ed Asner Nov 15, 1929-Aug 29, 2021 U.S. Army veteran Famous Roles: Lou Grant https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ob … story.html Aug 29 21 02:21 pm Link Bob Dole Article regarding his World War 2 service and wounds, rather than his death. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/ … r-ii-hero/ Dec 06 21 12:19 am Link |
